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BESTSELLERS
Aug 6 - 12, 2012 Edition

The Indie Bestseller List

Published Thursday, August 9, 2012 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 5, 2012). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit , www.IndieBound.org

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Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#7-The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce (9780812993295)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#3-Double Cross, by Ben Macintyre (9780307888754)
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
2. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023653
3. A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's, $25, 9781936365746
4. The Fallen Angel
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062073129
5. Shadow of Night
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670023486
6. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper, $25.99, 9780061928123
7. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry- Debut
Rachel Joyce, Random House, $25, 9780812993295
8. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
9. Creole Belle
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781451648133
10. Mission to Paris
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9781400069484
11. Where We Belong
Emily Giffin, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312554194
12. The Age of Miracles
Karen Thompson Walker, Random House, $26, 9780812992977
13. Canada
Richard Ford, Ecco, $27.99, 9780061692048
14. The Prisoner of Heaven
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Harper, $25.99, 9780062206282
15. The Sandcastle Girls
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385534796
ON THE RISE:
16. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $25, 9781451681734
Stedman's heartbreaking and transcendent debut novel is an August 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.

HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
3. Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies- Debut
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754
4. Darth Vader and Son
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557
5. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
6. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
7. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco (Illus.), Nation Books, $28, 9781568586434
8. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
9. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
10. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
11. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
12. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
13. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
14. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
15. Monkey Mind
Daniel Smith, S&S, $25, 9781439177303
ON THE RISE:
18. Wheat Belly
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545
A renowned cardiologist explains how eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage and reverse many health problems.

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481
2. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498
3. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504
4. State of Wonder
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062049810
5. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432
6. Rules of Civility
Amor Towles, Penguin, $16, 9780143121169
7. The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307947727
8. The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316126670
9. Maine
J.Courtney Sullivan, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307742216
10. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
11. The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht, Random House, $15, 9780385343848
12. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $16, 9780312429980
13. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $16, 9780143119685
14. Caleb's Crossing
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143121077
15. The Cat's Table
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $15, 9780307744418

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853
2. 1493
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241
3. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
4. How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296
5. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332
6. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
7. Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982
8. To Heaven and Back
Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715
9. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin, $15, 9780143121343
10. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307276827
11. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
12. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
13. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095
14. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
15. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930

MASS MARKET
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553593716
2. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345535429
3. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553573428
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
5. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
6. The Litigators
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530561
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Warner, $7.99, 9780446310789
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339683
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Berkley, $9.99, 9780399501487

CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207
3. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575
4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697
5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955
6. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378
7. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761
8. Seraphina
Rachel Hartman, Random House, $17.99, 9780375866562
9. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142402511
10. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
11. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062082930
12. Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9781595141880
13. Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction
One Direction, Harper, $12.99, 9780062213426
14. Between Shades of Gray
Ruta Sepetys, Speak, $8.99, 9780142420591
15. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (Dog Days revised and expanded edition)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $15.95, 9781419706424

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781442457027
3. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763634988
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763655983
8. Rocket Writes a Story
Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9780375870866
9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9780811877824
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
11. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
12. Where's Waldo Now?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763634995
13. Where's Waldo? In Hollywood
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763635015
14. Blueberries for Sal
Rober McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
15. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
2. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Divergent Series (hardcover and paperback)
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Ivy & Bean (hardcover and paperback)
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
7. The Kane Chronicles (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
8. Dork Diaries (hardcover)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
9. Ranger's Apprentice (hardcover and paperback)
John Flanagan, Puffin
10. Artemis Fowl (hardcover and paperback)
Eoin Colfer, Hyperion

OTHER INDIE FAVORITES
Hardcover
BATTLEBORN: Stories by Claire Vaye Watkins (Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488252) “This extraordinary debut collection is the short story form at its finest. Linked by setting, in the tradition of Annie Proulx, these 10 brave tales create a new mythology of the American West in a way that you’ve never experienced it before: From the desperate gold rush of the 49ers, to a tragic experience in a casino hotel, to the small, safe world a heartbroken woman creates in her bathtub. The writing is impeccable, the characters complex, and the stories full of heart and humanity. Do not miss this book!” -- Alise Hamilton, Andover Bookstore, Andover, MA

THE LONG WALK: A Story of War and the Life That Follows by Brian Castner (Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385536202) “This meditation on combat and its aftermath is powerful, exhilarating, and sad, all at once. Castner relates wartime experiences that defy belief but are all too real and quickly remove any romance from the world of violence. Like Karl Marlantes and Benjamin Busch, Castner brings our current wars right onto our doorstep and shows that they are always with all of us, not to be hidden away.” -- Bill Cusumano, Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor, MI

Paperback
WIDOW’S MIGHT: A Liv Bergen Mystery by Sandra Brannan (Greenleaf, $14.95, 9781608323722) “Sandra Brannan keeps improving with each Liv Bergen novel. While not as gruesome as the first two in the series, this installment is a true mystery. Brannan’s characters are becoming richer in each new installment. Wonderfully drawn, Liv holds you in thrall, and you can’t wait to see what happens to her next. Just see if you can figure out the killer in this ‘more than a whodunit.’” -- Jo Gilley, Blue Ridge Booksellers and Cafe, Waynesville, NC

For Ages 9 to 12
THE UNFORTUNATE SON by Constance Leeds (Viking Juvenile, $16.99, 9780670013982) “In southern France in 1486, Luc, the second son of the Count de Muguet is born and rejected by his father and cast out of the castle because he is born without an external ear. Luc is hidden at a farm and is never told of his lineage. He is not deaf, but is sharp in hearing as well as in vision and blessed with a strong work ethic and warmth for others. Luc is taken in by a fisherman and his sister, who also house a girl of the same age. Luc takes to his newfound family, and he and the girl become attracted to each other. Then Luc is taken prisoner by a slaver and sold to a wealthy Arab merchant who becomes his teacher and mentor, forcing Luc to accept that becoming literate and using his gifts to care for others is worth more than freedom.” -- Jack Blanchard, Fairy Godmother, Washington, DC